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New Governance Resources Now Available at LibraryGovernance.ca The Governance Hub is an online portal for Ontario's public library board members. The Governance Hub is your first place to look for information and resources related to your duties as a public library...

Please see the invitation below from the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship: I wanted to invite you and anyone you may think may be interested to our upcoming panel discussion "Questions or Conformity: Reading Rights for the Right to Learn" on libraries and...

The Canada Council for the Arts, in collaboration with Archipel Research and Consulting Inc., undertook a research project grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing. Research goal This research aimed to understand the role of arts and cultures to Indigenous communities...

Treaties Recognition Week 2022: Communications Toolkit Treaties Recognition Week is taking place from November 6 – 12, 2022 across Ontario. Treaties Recognition Week was introduced in 2016 in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action to...

Le francais suit A message from the MTCS: We are happy to inform you that the 2021 Ontario Public Library Statistics are now available on the Ministry website at the following link: https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/ontario-public-library-statistics If you have any...

La  française suit Call for Participation: Cataloguing Code of Ethics Review Working Group Sponsoring Committee: CFLA-FCAB Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee October 2022 The CFLA-FCAB Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee is calling for participation...

Le francais suit Call for Submissions If your library has an innovative program or demonstrates exceptional service, be sure to enter the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport's 2022 Public Library Service Awards. There are two awards, each with three categories...

The CFLA has put forth a statement calling for the release of all outstanding residential school records. You can read the statement here: http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CFLA-FCAB-ResidentialSchoolDocumentsPressRelease-003-1-1.docx.pdf

First Nations Public Library Week Bekaa, Bzindaachagan | Wait and Listen October 3-7, 2022 First Nations Public Library Week takes place each October as part of Canadian Library Month. You are invited to use the downloadable resources on the First Nations Public...

The situation in the United States is becoming troublesome. Banned books have doubled from 2020 to 2021. Take a look at the most challenged books of 2021: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/book-bans-are-on-the-rise-what-are-the-most-banned-books-and-why/ar-AAZ0XlQ